RESOURCES
Eddy Hood – The Read Well Podcast
In my email today was this sage advice about reading from Eddy Hood. With his website and podcast, he provides a wide variety of support, particularly for adults, on how to become a better reader.
“Becoming a reader takes patience. It’s no different than going to the gym, eating healthy, or waking up early. When we try and do things that are “good for us,” we often start with the best of intentions, but then a few days in, find ourselves in the pantry surreptitiously eating entire bags of Oreos (guilty as charged).
When that happens, start again. You might think you’re doomed to never read a book the way you did as a child – that your focus is just too frazzled to sit through a 500-page book. But here’s the secret – it’s hard for all of us.
The truly great readers have one thing in common: they’re good at starting again. It’s a skill. Instead of hating ourselves for messing up, we flex that repetitive muscle and get back in the boat. It’s the people who are good at starting over that eventually get the gold.
You can do this. Pick up your book, and try again.
Until tomorrow, read slowly – take notes – apply the ideas.”
Juneteenth is celebrated every year on June 19 to mark the end of slavery in the United States. In 2017 it became a nation holiday. For more information on Juneteenth, you can visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Below are both digital and print versions of our Golden Libraries Celebrating Juneteenth book list.
You can also check out these books using the WorldCat Celebrating Juneteenth we created.
One of the primary goals of Golden Libraries, in addition to supporting libraries and librarians, is to support the organizations, particularly in California, who support the reading communities.
Below are links for membership organizations and subscription links for library media organizations.
We are open to other memberships and subscriptions. Send emails to info(at)GoldenLibraries.com to provide information.
MEMBERSHIPS
California School Library Association
California Library Association
California Reading Association
American Association of School Librarians
SUBSCRIPTIONS
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For Rainbow Book Month in June 2024 we are celebrating families of all kinds. The eighteen books on the list below represent some of the very best of these books. Please consider sharing this list with others.
Below are a graphic from BookShop.org that provides great information about each title. Below that is a PDF file that you can use to print and/or email this list.
A couple of things:
- Each book has an age range assigned to it but it is up to adults to decide which books are reasonable choices for which child; and
- On the print version research sources are provided to assist you with finding additional title.
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